Purchasing Career Research and Resources
Dell Inc.
Duties included managing a team for the production work area, that was responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy and daily counts audits for proximately close to half a mil of inventory for our work group. Also responsible for ordering materials for the entire boxing area, seven lines that ran 300 to 600 systems an hour.
Avg. Salary: $38,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Cooley Forest Products
Hired as purchasing manager for raw material for distribution and manufacturing facility. Essential functions include: procurement of product to historic sales and forecasts by production manager in the manufacturing facility. Source all products from the manufacturer or through second sources. Manage inventory levels to ensure that there is no out of stock or stock shortages. Negotiate and drive special buys of product...
Avg. Salary: $65,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Pinacor Corporation
Hired as buyer for the Compaq server line. Manage $100 million dollar inventory. Essential functions include: procurement of product to historic run rate and sales forecasts. Manage inventory to hit quarterly objectives. Negotiate and drive opportunity buys. Aid and develop purchasing inventory and distribution strategy. Management of supplier driven buy-in programs. Lead supplier relationships on a daily basis. Man...
Avg. Salary: $65,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
American Fence Corporation
Hired as buyer/planner for 24 retail locations across the United States. Responsible for 100% procurement for branch needs. Communication with suppliers, branch managers and inventory specialist to keep inventory levels at optimum levels to avoid out of stock sales. The drafting, review and comparison of specifications and prices of competitive items. The negotiation of contract terms, conditions, and specifications. T...
Avg. Salary: $65,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Nina Construction Supply
Hired as purchasing manager, promoted to general manager in 9 months. Essential functions: purchasing, supervised 28 employees, responsible for the production of the manufacturing of wood stakes used in the surveying field. Other duties include sales, customer service, personnel, and dispatch. Implemented new techniques that enabled production to be increased by 25% allowing the company to make more profit in less time t...
Avg. Salary: $65,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Dassault Aviation Falcon Spares
Purchasing with consideration of quality and warranty to reduce customer service issues. Optimizing time and cost according to customers’ requirements and company liability. Organized internal stock transfers between company sites and parts manufacturing for after-market sales. Coordination with main after-market purchasing group to optimize global effort. Team specialist for unique, hard-to-find parts and parts of technica...
Avg. Salary: $70,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Burns and Roe
Direct a staff of 6 vendor document administrators. Facilitate and expedite the flow of materials to and from various vendors and sites. Perform Expediting visits to secure prompt delivery of Purchase Order. Direct contact with vendors to ensure prompt and accurate delivery of goods to appropriate locations and upon delivery verify delivered goods match order specifications. Solicitation of new vendors, and responsible...
Avg. Salary: $90,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Jos L Muscarelle
Responsible for the inspection of 8 commercial buildings totaling over 500,000 sq ft and 2 residential building with a total of 30 apartments. Responsible for requesting/negotiating bids for fit-out and maintenance work to be done handled by outside contractors. Responsible for the preparation of reports listing work to be performed to rectify situations and then scheduled/coordinated the repair with maintenance or an o...
Avg. Salary: $90,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
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Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: 1.0 out of 5
Integrated Logistic Solutions
Create and maintain purchase orders via MRP suggestions, Maintain shortage database with curent answers and commit dates, Proved customer service on a local as well as global level
Avg. Salary: $38,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
